Complete Basil Growing Guide

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Education, Home & Garden, How To, Leisure

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

When Simon and Garfunkel recorded the song “Scarborough Fair,” they sang about parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme. The first thought that goes through my head when I hear this song on the radio is “but what about basil?” I love growing basil!

Maybe it took fifth place in Simon and Garfunkel’s lyrical choice, but it’s definitely number one in my book. One of the oldest known herbs, basil has an entertaining background and multiple uses in cuisine and wellness.

Not convinced that basil should be a part of your gardening life? Listen on to learn what it is, why you should grow it, and everything you need to know to grow basil successfully.

Learn More: Growing Basil: Planting, Cultivating, Harvesting and Storing (2018 Update)

Keep Growing,

Kevin

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0:00.0	What's going on everyone? Welcome back to the Epic Gardening Show. Today we're going to talk about Basil.
0:05.0	Basil is a simple herb. It is one of the best plants you can grow if you're just starting out in your gardening journey And if you are an expert gardener,
0:14.0	it's still fun to grow.
0:15.0	There's a lot you can do with it.
0:16.4	There's some pruning techniques you might not know about.
0:18.4	And there are some interesting varieties
0:20.4	you can experiment with if you've been gardening for a while and basil sounds a little boring to you.
0:25.0	So let's get into it.
0:26.5	First of all, as always you can go to epic gardening.com forward slash growing
0:31.0	dash basil and you can check that out that's the full guide we're going to go
0:35.3	over a little quick care guide here in today's episode and before we do that we're
0:38.8	going to talk about garden maker naturals the sponsor of the epic
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0:48.4	goes in. In fact, if you want you can even choose exactly what goes into your custom fertilizer mix down to
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1:05.0	All right, let's get into some basil.
1:07.0	So first of all, just a little bit of history.
1:10.0	So it is known as the Royal Herb, and the name derives from the Greek word for king
1:16.3	Basileos which is something that I did not know until recently.
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